The Children’s Charity Coalition is calling on the government to “turbocharge long-term investment in children’s social care” in response, to help councils rebuild lost early help services.
The figure, charting declining spending since 2010/11, has been revealed in research carried out by think tank Pro Bono Economics for the coalition, whose members include NSPCC, National Children’s Bureau and Barnardo’s.
They want to see Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ forthcoming Spending Review to invest a “minimum” of £2.6bn over the next four years in children’s social care.
While they welcome the government’s pledge last month to invest a further £270m for early intervention services through the Families First Programme “even with this short-term increase, spending will continue to fall behind”.
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